West Jersey

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former colony historical region proprietary colony

West Jersey was the western division of colonial New Jersey, a proprietary English colony in North America during the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
West Jersey canonical 11
Province of West Jersey 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former colony ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
proprietary colony ⓘ
borderedBy Delaware River ⓘ
East Jersey ⓘ
surface form: East Jersey line of division
capital Burlington ⓘ
colonialPower England ⓘ
colonialStatus proprietary colony of England ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
currency Pound sterling ⓘ
surface form: pound sterling
endTime 1702 ⓘ
establishedBy Quaker proprietors ⓘ
event Concession and Agreement of 1664 ⓘ
surface form: Concession and Agreement of West New Jersey
followedBy Province of New Jersey ⓘ
founder Edward Byllynge ⓘ
Gawen Lawrie ⓘ
John Fenwick ⓘ
Nicholas Lucas ⓘ
William Penn ⓘ
governmentType colonial government ⓘ
proprietary government ⓘ
hasCapital Burlington ⓘ
historicalEra Colonial America ⓘ
inception Concession and Agreement of 1664 ⓘ
surface form: Concession and Agreement of West New Jersey
languageUsed English ⓘ
legalSystem English common law ⓘ
legislativeBody New Jersey colonial assembly ⓘ
surface form: General Free Assembly of West New Jersey
locatedIn British America ⓘ
New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey

North America ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
mergedInto Province of New Jersey ⓘ
mergedWith East Jersey ⓘ
namedAfter Channel Islands (crown dependencies) ⓘ
surface form: Jersey
partOf Middle Colonies ⓘ
Province of New Jersey ⓘ
precededBy New Netherland ⓘ
reasonForEnd surrender of proprietary government to the Crown ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
Quakerism ⓘ
sharesBorderWith East Jersey ⓘ
significantPopulation Religious Society of Friends ⓘ
surface form: Quakers
sovereignState Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
startTime 1674 ⓘ
1676 ⓘ
territoryIncludes Delaware River ⓘ
surface form: Delaware River western New Jersey region

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Province of New Jersey → dividedInto → West Jersey ⓘ
Province of New Jersey → mergedFrom → West Jersey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Province of West Jersey
Fort Nassau (New Jersey) → locatedInRegion → West Jersey ⓘ
East Jersey → borderedBy → West Jersey ⓘ
Gawen Lawrie → sphereOfActivity → West Jersey ⓘ
Gawen Lawrie → historicalRegionOfActivity → West Jersey ⓘ
Burlington, Province of New Jersey → locatedIn → West Jersey ⓘ
John Fenwick → placeOfColonialActivity → West Jersey ⓘ
John Fenwick → migrationDestination → West Jersey ⓘ
Crown Colony of New Jersey → precededBy → West Jersey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Province of West Jersey
Nicholas Lucas → countryOfActivity → West Jersey ⓘ
Nicholas Lucas → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → West Jersey ⓘ
Burlington, New Jersey → formerCapitalOf → West Jersey ⓘ